Germany's Software AG Q4 core profit rises on licenses and services
FRANKFURT, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Germany's Software AG reported a record quarterly core profit margin as it sold more of its high-margin licenses and maintenance services, and forecast a further...
View ArticleIBM forecasts weak earnings for 2016
International Business Machines forecast weak earnings for this year after reporting an 8.5% fall in fourth-quarter revenue as a strong dollar and tepid IT spending weigh on Big Blue's results. Shares...
View ArticleIBM forecasts weak earnings for 2016; shares slide
By Abhirup Roy and Supantha Mukherjee (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp forecast weak earnings for this year after reporting an 8.5 percent fall in fourth-quarter revenue as a strong...
View ArticleWetherspoon in new profits warning amid rising staff costs
Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has warned over profits for the second time in two months after being hit by rising staff costs. The group saw its shares tumble by 9% after chairman Tim Martin said full-year...
View ArticleIBM's gloomy forecast weighs down shares
REUTERS - International Business Machines Corp's shares looked set to touch a five-year low on Wednesday, a day after the company forecast weak earnings, underscoring challenges in its software...
View ArticleBanks' funding costs rise, tipped to hit profits
Financial market jitters have pushed bank wholesale funding costs to near two-year highs, a trend that has removed a tailwind to the sector's profit margins. Alongside the slump in shares in the...
View ArticleThe Motley Fool: Up 700% in 5 years - where to next?
Australian tech-wreck survivor, Integrated Research (ASX: IRI), has taken on the world in IP telephony services and returned investors more than 700% over the last five years. The company's enterprise...
View ArticleIBM is tanking
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp's shares looked set to touch a five-year low on Wednesday, a day after the company forecast weak earnings, underscoring challenges in its software...
View ArticleSAP Raises Revenue, Operating Profit for Next Year
SAP SE predicted sales for next year that topped its previous forecast as it moves more customers to a new version of its business software suite and adds revenue from cloud-computing products. Sales...
View ArticleWipro Q3 profit rises 2%, meets estimates
BENGALURU: A week after India's top two software exporters TCS and Infosys reported widely contrasting third-quarter numbers, Wipro posted third-quarter numbers that were largely in line with its own...
View ArticleSAP lifts 2017 sales goal; takes margin hit to gain share
By Harro Ten Wolde and Eric Auchard WALLDORF, Germany (Reuters) - German software maker SAP on Friday raised its 2017 revenue outlook to the upper end of forecasts but said operating margins would dip...
View ArticleSiemens lifts earnings outlook, helped by euro, cuts
By Georgina Prodhan MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Siemens (SIEGn.DE), Europe's biggest industrial group, raised its full-year earnings-per-share forecast on Monday after beating market expectations for...
View ArticleSoftware maker VMware's profit rises 14.4 percent
(Reuters) - VMware Inc's (VMW.N) quarterly profit rose 14.4 percent as demand increased for its virtualization software, which...
View ArticleSiemens raises outlook as self help starts to pay off
By Georgina Prodhan MUNICH (Reuters) - Shares in Siemens rose 7 percent on Tuesday after Europe's biggest industrial group surprised the markets with the strength of its first-quarter results and...
View ArticleEricsson reports fourth quarter and full year results 2015...
(Source: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson) January 27, 2016, 07:29 (CET) Download: Ericsson reports fourth quarter and full year results 2015 FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS Reported sales increased by 8%...
View ArticleAmazon, US dollar hurting eBay
eBay has forecast weaker-than-expected revenue and profit for the current quarter and full year, as the e-commerce company struggles against a strong US dollar while trying to revamp its core...
View ArticleFord Rolls to Record Profit on Surging Sales of SUVs, Pickups
Ford Motor Co. posted fourth-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as the aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup finally hit its stride and SUV sales surged, delivering record annual profits for the...
View ArticleQualcomm forecasts weak profit for second quarter
Qualcomm forecast current-quarter profit below analysts' expectations as demand weakens for its chips used in mobile devices in a slowing market. The company, whose customers include Apple Inc, said it...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable’s Q4 Residential Revenue Rises, Profit Slips
Time Warner Cable revealed its fourth quarter 2015 financials on Thursday morning, reporting adjusted diluted earnings per share of $1.80 on revenue of $6.072 billion. Basic and diluted EPS were both a...
View ArticleHoneywell Matches Profit Estimate as Aerospace Sales Rise
Honeywell International Inc. posted profit that matched analysts’ estimates as aerospace sales increased, bolstered by deliveries of jet engines, and overall margins expanded amid cost cuts. Earnings...
View ArticleAmazon's shares plunge as sales, profit miss Wall Street estimates
By Mari Saito and Arathy S Nair (Reuters) - Investors came down hard on Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Thursday after the world's No. 1 online retailer reported holiday quarter profit well below Wall...
View ArticleEA forecast disappoints as Star Wars' game success proves bittersweet
By Anya George Tharakan REUTERS - Electronic Arts Inc's quarterly revenue missed analysts' estimates and the company did not raise its full-year forecasts as much as expected as the strong sales of the...
View ArticleKathmandu upgrades interim profit forecasts as sales, margins rise
Outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu, which fought off a hostile $324 million takeover offer last year, has upgraded first-half profit forecasts following healthy trading over Christmas and January....
View ArticleLIXIL Q3 Sales and Operating Profit Reach Record High (LIXIL Group Corporation)
(Source: LIXIL Group Corporation) Microsoft Word - HP用151102 LIXIL H1 Results E FINAL For Immediate Release February 1, 2016 LIXIL Group Corporation LIXIL Q3 Sales and Operating Profit Reach Record...
View ArticleSony Surges After Profit Beats Estimates on James Bond, Adele
Sony Corp. rose the most in a year after the company reported better-than-expected profit with a huge helping hand from Hollywood, music and games last quarter. The shares climbed as much as 16 percent...
View ArticleAre Unilever plc And Ocado Group PLC Safe Buys In A Tricky Market?
Unilever (LSE: ULVR) shares have beaten the FTSE 100 over almost any timescale you care to name. The group’s share price has risen by 6% over the last year, during a period in which the FTSE has fallen...
View ArticleAlphabet profit beats Wall Street estimates; overtakes Apple in market value
The operating profit margin for its Google unit was 31.9% in the most recent quarter, compared to 25% for Alphabet. Alphabet Inc easily beat Wall Street's quarterly profit forecasts on Monday, helped...
View ArticleUBS earnings rise, but shares plunge as investor money flees
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Swiss bank UBS Group AG has reported higher fourth-quarter net profit but seen its shares plunge on news that...
View ArticleLENOVO DELIVERS STRONG Q3 PROFIT (Lenovo Group Limited)
(Source: Lenovo Group Limited) Return to profitability in Q3 - with pre-tax income (excluding non-cash, M&A-related accounting charges) of US$397million, reported pre-tax income of US$320 million,...
View ArticleNewly profitable, Ford of Europe cuts costs
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Ford of Europe is looking to cut hundreds of managerial jobs and phase out less profitable models as it seeks to improve profit margins there....
View ArticleDLF Q3 net profit up 24 percent as rental income rises
MUMBAI (Reuters) - DLF Ltd(DLF.NS), India's biggest listed real-estate developer, reported a 24 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by a surge in income from commercial rental business even as...
View ArticleGSK dismisses near-term split as new drugs offset falling Advair
By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday the chance of it spinning off or selling its consumer health business before 2018 was "extraordinarily low", arguing the group's...
View ArticleRecord-high full-year comparable operating profit and strong cash flow -...
(Source: Neste Corporation) Neste Corporation Financial Statements Release 4 February 2016 at 9 am. (EET) Record-high full-year comparable operating profit and strong cash flow - dividend proposal EUR...
View ArticleCompuGroup Medical AG Fourth Quarter Results 2015 (CompuGroup Medical AG)
(Source: CompuGroup Medical AG) CompuGroup Medical AG today presented the preliminary and unaudited financial report for the fourth quarter and full year 2015. The company, one of the leading global...
View ArticleJT's Consolidated Financial Results for FY2015 PDF:81kb (Japan Tobacco Inc)
(Source: Japan Tobacco Inc) JT's Consolidated Financial Results for FY2015 JT's Consolidated Financial Results for FY2015 FY2015 demonstrated solid profit growth from continuing operations despite...
View ArticleLinkedIn forecasts current-quarter profit below estimates
LinkedIn Corp forecast current-quarter profit and revenue below analysts' estimates, citing weakness in its recruitment services business in markets outside North America. Shares of the company, which...
View ArticleTableau Software Shares Plummet as License Revenue Falls Short
Tableau Software Inc., a maker of data-analysis and charting software, saw its shares plunge as much as 52 percent in extended trading after it reported fourth-quarter license revenue that fell short...
View ArticleLinkedIn forecasts weak first quarter profit, shares plunge
By Sai Sachin R REUTERS - LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) forecast first-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates as growth slows in its ads business and its hiring services face pressure outside...
View ArticleSAP Must Balance Profit Margins With Cloud Growth, CEO Says
SAP SE plans to "aggressively manage" its profit margin while not sacrificing growth in cloud-computing software, which today loses money, according to Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott. "We also...
View ArticleArcelorMittal launches $3 billion share issue as profits plunge
By Philip Blenkinsop and Robert-Jan Bartunek BRUSSELS (Reuters) - ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS), the world's largest steelmaker, launched plans on Friday to raise $3 billion from a share issue to reduce...
View ArticleGoPro Rises in Late Trading on Licensing Pact With Microsoft
GoPro Inc. shares got a lift in late trading after it said it signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp. Terms weren’t disclosed for the deal that...
View ArticleLinkedIn forecasts weak quarterly profits, shares plunge
LinkedIn forecast first-quarter revenue and profit below Wall Street estimates as growth slows in its ads business and its hiring services face pressure outside North America. The news dragged its...
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